Tuner Operation; Recording - Harman Kardon AVR 240 Owner's Manual

Night Mode
A special feature of Dolby Digital is the Night mode,
which enables specially encoded Dolby Digital input
sources to be played back with full digital intelligibility
while reducing the minimum peak level by 1/4 to 1/3.
This prevents abruptly loud transitions from disturbing
others, without reducing the impact of the digital
source. The Night mode is available only when Dolby
Digital signals with special data are being played.
The Night mode may be engaged when a Dolby
Digital DVD is playing by pressing the Night Mode
Button l on the remote. Next, press the
Buttons n to select either the middle-range or
full-compression versions of the Night mode. To turn
Buttons n
the Night mode off, press the /
⁄ ¤
until the message in the lower third of the video dis-
play and in the Lower Display Line Q reads
D-RANGE OFF.
The Night mode may also be selected to always be on
at either level of compression using the options in the
DOLBY menu. See page 23 for information on
using the menus to set this option.
IMPORTANT NOTES ON DIGITAL PLAYBACK:
• When the digital playback source is stopped, or in
a pause, fast-forward or chapter-search mode, the
digital audio data will momentarily stop, and the
channel position letters inside the Speaker/
Channel Input Indicators O will flash. This is
normal and does not indicate a problem with either
the AVR 240 or the source machine. The AVR 240
will return to digital playback as soon as the data is
available and when the machine is in a standard
play mode.
• When playing DVDs or viewing television signals
with digital audio, the number of channels and for-
mat of the incoming bitstream may vary depending
on the portion of the DVD being viewed (e.g., trail-
ers, director's commentary), or when commercials
or local station identification is broadcast. The
AVR 240 will automatically react to changes in the
incoming signal.
• Some television system broadcasters are not capa-
ble of transmitting a 5.1 digital signal. Therefore,
although the program material may be encoded in
the Dolby Digital or DTS formats, the actual broad-
cast may only be a 2.0 signal. Check with your
cable or satellite provider for more information.
• Although the AVR 240 will decode virtually all current
DVD movies, CDs and HDTV sources, it is possible
that some future digital sources may not be compati-
ble with the AVR 240.
• Not all digitally encoded programs contain full 5.1-
or 6.1-channel audio. Consult the program guide
that accompanies the DVD to determine which type
of audio has been recorded on the disc. The
AVR 240 will automatically sense the type of
digital surround encoding used and will adjust to
accommodate it.
• When some digital sources are playing, you may
not be able to select some of the analog surround
modes such as Dolby Pro Logic II or IIx, Dolby 3
Stereo, Hall, Theater or Logic 7. Refer to the tables
on page 38 for more information.
• When a Dolby Digital or DTS source is playing, it is
not possible to make an analog recording using the
Tape Outputs £ and Video 1 Audio Outputs
/
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. However, the digital signals will be passed
through to the Digital Audio Outputs ·a.

Tuner Operation

The AVR 240's tuner is capable of tuning AM, FM and
FM Stereo broadcast stations. Stations may be tuned
manually, or they may be stored as favorite station
presets and recalled from a 30-position memory.
Station Selection
1. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select Button g on
the remote to select the tuner as an input. The
tuner may be selected from the front panel either
by pressing the Input Source Selector ^ until
the tuner is active or by pressing the Tuner Band
Selector !.
2. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select Button g or
Tuner Band Selector ! again to switch between
AM and FM so that the desired frequency band is
selected.
3. Press the Tuner Mode Button &
manual or automatic tuning.
When the button is pressed so that AUTO
appears in the Lower Display Line ı each
press of the Tuning Selectors 9u will put
the tuner in a scan mode that seeks the next
higher- or lower-frequency station with acceptable
signal strength. An AUTO ST TUNED indica-
tion will momentarily appear when the station stops
at a stereo FM station, and an AUTO TUNED
indication will momentarily appear when an AM or
monaural FM station is tuned. Press the Tuning but-
tons again to scan to the next receivable station.
When the button is pressed so that MANUAL
appears in the Lower Display Line ı each tap
of the Selector will increased or decrease the fre-
quency by one increment. When the tuner receives
a strong-enough signal for adequate reception,
MANUAL TUNED will appear in the Lower
Display Line ı.
4. Stations may also be tuned directly in either the
automatic or manual mode. To enter a station's fre-
quency directly, first select the AM or FM band as
desired be pressing the AM/FM Tuner Select
Button g. Next, press the Direct Button
Within five seconds of seeing the DIRECT IN
scroll in the Upper Display Line P, enter the
station frequency by pressing the Numeric Keys
r. If you press an incorrect button while entering
a direct frequency, press the Clear Button
start over.
NOTE: When FM reception of a station is weak, audio
quality will be increased by switching to Mono mode
by pressing the Tuner Mode Button &
MANUAL appears momentarily in the Lower
Display Line ı and goes out. This will also
activate manual tuning mode.
Preset Tuning
Using the remote, up to 30 stations may be stored in
the AVR 240's memory for easy recall using the front
panel controls or the remote.
To enter a station into the memory, first tune the
station using the steps outlined above. Then:
1. Press the Memory Button
Two underscore lines will appear at the far right
side of the Upper Display Line P.
2. Within five seconds, press the Numeric Keys r
corresponding to the location where you wish to
store this station's frequency. Once entered, the
preset number will appear in the Upper Display
Line P.
3. Repeat the process after tuning any additional
stations to be preset.
to select
Recalling Preset Stations
• To manually select a station previously entered in
the preset memory, press the Numeric Keys r
that correspond to the desired station's memory
location.
• To manually tune through the list of stored preset
stations one by one, press the Preset Stations
Selector Buttons $
remote.

Recording

In normal operation, the audio or video source
selected for listening through the AVR 240 is sent to
the record outputs. This means that any program you
are watching or listening to may be recorded simply
by placing machines connected to the Tape Outputs
£ or Video 1 Audio/Video and S-Video Outputs
h
in the Record mode.
When a digital audio recorder is connected to the
Digital Audio Outputs ·a, you are able to record
the digital signal using a CD-R, MiniDisc or other digital
recording system.
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